Area Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Leighton Buzzard; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education catering company in the UK is seeking a Central Support Chef to join their team. This role involves training onsite chefs and covering multiple schools in the Aylesbury to Milton Keynes area. Ideal candidates will have chef management experience, a passion for food, and organizational skills. The position offers a salary of £35,000, working Monday to Friday, with weekends and school holidays off, along with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Free meals on shift

Uniform

Pension

Career development opportunities

Staff discount at over 850 retailers

Qualifications

• Experience in chef management, ideally from secondary education.
• Self-motivated and highly organized.
• Understanding of prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Support the operations manager across the portfolio of sites.
• Assist with training and development of onsite chefs.
• Cover sickness across sites and be part of the mobilisation team.

Skills

Chef management experience

Passion for food and service

Craft skills

Organizational skills

Resilience

Job description

Welcome to IFG, we are one of the fastest growing, education catering companies in the country and were recently awarded Education Caterer of the year at the Foodservice Catey Awards.

We’re not going to bore you with a long list of empty adjectives, we want one simple thing: awesome people to help us feed more children better food.

We arerecruiting for a Central Support Chef to work with our fantastic team covering a portfolio of schools .You willassistwith the training and development of our onsite chefs, cover sickness across our sites and be part of the mobilisation team.

Due to this being an area role you will need a full uk driving licence and access to your own vehicle

The role…

Job Title: Central Support Chef

Area Covering: Aylesbury to Milton Keynes & Surrounding areas

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 45 hours per week

Working Weeks: 42weeks per year (Term time, inset days and 3 additional weeks)

Pay Details: £35,000 per year plus mileage claimed back

Benefits: Free meals on shift, uniform, pension and other great company benefits

What’s this all about?

Due to continued business growth an exciting opportunity has arisen for experiencedChef Managerto join our team. Geographically, you will support the operations manager across their portfolio of sites. You will need chef management experience (ideally from secondary education) , a passion for food and service and craft skills to support in the kitchen when needed

You will also beself-motivated, resilient, and highly organised; with an understanding of how to prioritise effectively.

What’s in it for me?

So maybe you fancy having your weekends back, school holidays off, no more late nights and split shifts?

We’llgive you a place to grow and a career to be proud of.

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be hadandwe’vegot a staffdiscount scheme at over850 retailers!

We also run monthlyopportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers...

Next steps…

If you thinkyou’vegot what it takes, and the times above suit you,we’dlove to hear from you!

An interview and kitchen visit will be required for this role.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are requiredtoundergo an enhancedDBS check, which IFG will pay for.

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